Table 1.
Basic Characteristics of Study Participants
| Variables | Variable sub groups (years) | Pre-eclampsia (n = 81) |
Normal (n = 81) |
P -value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | |||
| Age groups | < 20 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| 20–24 | 16 | 19.8 | 16 | 19.8 | ||
| 25–29 | 23 | 28.4 | 23 | 28.4 | ||
| 30–34 | 24 | 29.6 | 24 | 29.6 | ||
| 35–39 | 15 | 18.5 | 15 | 18.5 | ||
| ≥40 | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| Mean | 29.53 ± 5.38 | 29.31 ± 5.22 | ||||
| Educational Level | Primary | 3 | 3.7 | 3 | 3.7 | |
| Secondary | 41 | 50.6 | 25 | 30.9 | 0.036 | |
| Tertiary | 37 | 45.7 | 53 | 65.4 | ||
| No formal education | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Social class | I | 3 | 3.7 | 8 | 9.9 | 0.207 |
| II | 31 | 38.3 | 38 | 46.9 | ||
| III | 26 | 32.1 | 23 | 28.4 | ||
| IV | 19 | 23.5 | 10 | 12.3 | ||
| V | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| Marital status | Single | 6 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.028 |
| Married | 75 | 92.6 | 80 | 98.8 | ||
| Widowed | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| Christian denomination | Catholic | 50 | 61.7 | 49 | 60.5 | 0.792 |
| Anglican | 9 | 11.1 | 7 | 8.6 | ||
| Pentecostal | 22 | 27.2 | 25 | 30.9 | ||
| Tribe | Igbo | 77 | 95.1 | 71 | 87.7 | 0.079 |
| Hausa | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Yoruba | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Others | 3 | 3.7 | 10 | 12.3 | ||
| Parity | Nulliparous(P0) | 29 | 35.8 | 29 | 35.8 | 1.0 |
| Primiparous(P1) | 22 | 27.2 | 22 | 27.2 | ||
| Multiparous(P2–4) | 26 | 32.1 | 26 | 32.1 | ||
| Grandmultiparous(P≥5) | 4 | 4.9 | 4 | 4.9 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | ≤19.9 | 3 | 3.7 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.0 |
| 20.0–24.9 | 17 | 21.0 | 17 | 21.0 | ||
| 25.0–29.9 | 20 | 24.7 | 20 | 24.7 | ||
| 30.0–34.9 | 23 | 28.4 | 23 | 28.4 | ||
| 35.0–39.9 | 8 | 9.9 | 8 | 9.9 | ||
| ≥40.0 | 10 | 12.3 | 10 | 12.3 | ||
| Mean | 30.29 ± 6.80 | 30.29 ± 6.80 | ||||